# Problem with AMD graphics driver and OpenGL under Linux

**URL:** <https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/problem-with-amd-graphics-driver-and-opengl-under-linux/3685>\
**Category:** Hardware\
**Tags:** linux, gpu\
**Created:** [February 19, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/problem-with-amd-graphics-driver-and-opengl-under-linux/3685 "2021-02-19T13:37:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![mariokleiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@mariokleiner](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/u/mariokleiner)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/problem-with-amd-graphics-driver-and-opengl-under-linux/3685/2 "2021-02-19T19:25:41Z")

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This question has been asked and answered many times before, searching the forum for snippets of the error messages will do wonders:

> [@Up to date hardware recommendations](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/up-to-date-hardware-recommendations/3351/7):
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> Ian’s solution is the right one, with the tweak that after a Matlab update, you could do: sudo dpkg-reconfigure matlab-support to only type one command instead of two to reconfigure, but both methods will work. The problem here is a Mathworks/Matlab induced one, and unfortunately Mathworks does a very poor job at this. Matlab ships its own outdated libraries that override the proper modern libraries shipping with Ubuntu. Depending on what Matlab version you install on which Linux distro versi…

-mario

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